Munroe Falls, Ohio – The Trans Am Series Championship Presented by Pirelli returned to NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, LA, this past weekend as part of the 2024 SpeedTour.
The team made some adjustments after testing and practice, but a shortened qualifying session hampered Rumans efforts to put down a great lap, ultimately qualifying her No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette P5 for Saturday’s TA/GT race. Unfortunately, the race was short lived when the clutch let go on the beginning of lap 3, sidelining her for the rest of the race.
“I’m so frustrated! It’s just so unfortunate when mechanical failures happen and they are out of our control. I was just settling in after a few laps and I’m pretty sure I would’ve had an exciting race with Andretti and Drissi. Falling out really damaged our points effort this weekend, but we will move on to the next,” stressed Ruman.
TA class teams will have a short break and then head to Lime Rock Park, CT, May 24th-27th.
After Round 3 at NOLA, the TA National class championship is heating up. Paul Menard leads with 270 points, followed by Chris Dyson in second – 262, Adam Andretti third – 248, Tomy Drissi is fourth – 242, and Amy Ruman sits in fifth – with 239 points.
The broadcast of this past weekend’s events at NOLA
will be televised on Thursday, April 18, 2024 on MAVTV:
8:00 pm EDT: The CUBE 3 Architecture TA2® Series Race
9:00 pm EDT: The TA/XGT/SGT/GT Race
10:00 pm EDT: Docuseries, Road to Glory
MAVTV COVERAGE AND LIVE STREAMING: The 2024 National Championship will broadcast LIVE on MAVTV’s linear television network and its Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST) channel, MAVTV Select. The 2024 SpeedTour will also be LIVE streamed online on a variety of social media platforms including Trans Am Series and the SpeedTourTV YouTube channels. In addition to live broadcasts of the events, 60-minute highlight shows will air Thursdays on MAVTV in primetime following each race weekend, with the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series race airing at 8:00 p.m. ET and the TA/XGT/SGT/GT race airing at 9:00 p.m. ET as part of MAVTV’s ‘World of Racing’ programming block. Other Trans Am programming includes the docuseries Road to Glory, which tracks the progress of teams and drivers in the paddock. Read Trans Am’s 2024 Broadcast Package with MAVTV official announcement here.
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